History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest c12.s4.47

c12.s4.47

XX. *Mahāpratīhāra*, i.e., Chief warder or Usher. This officer invariably finds mention in records, which shows that he must have been an important figure in the states of ancient India. According to the *Harṣacarita*, Pāriyātra was Harṣa’s “chief of the doorkeepers.”